...really felt uncomfortable the way they were treated, in a section that they are aware of, or a section that they know it will be over however with people of colors, there is always the possibly for them to encounter racism in the daily basis yet not having the choice of “walking out of the classroom”. I would be devastated if I was the receiving end of that. Yet until now the problem of racism still exists, not just conflicts with white vs black, but all other races as well. It really is something hard to erase, since racism was something that have existed for years. Being Chinese and Portuguese mixed can sometime be very upsetting. Chinese people won’t see myself as full Chinese, and thinks I’m an outsider when I’m in my Hometown; Macau. And on the other side of the planet in Portugal; Portuguese people see me as tourist, Asian, everything but Portuguese, and they will not accept me as Portuguese like them. It is indeed a very frustrating feeling, seeing as an outsider in my own hometown, or discriminated or looked differently in the country that represents my nationality. There’s is no way for us to stop racism entirely. But even we can’t achieve that, there are lots of ways we can do to prevent such issue to happen. We should stop being judgmental and really stop looking at people the way we want them to be seen. “There is more than meets the...
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...Christianity. When the Portuguese sea-captain, Vasco da Gama, introduced a new route to East Asia rounded the Cape of Good Hope, he marked the entrance of early modern Europeans in the maritime world of Asia. The Europeans were interested in spice trades and other luxury goods such as silk and textiles. The Portuguese, Spaniards and Italian people also brought Christian missionaries through this famous sea route. The Jesuit missionaries remade their own religion and cultural habits to suit the needs of the Japanese and Chinese. They hoped that this would increase the number of East Asian converts. In China the missionaries approached by emulate Chinese Confucian elite. They were also dressing and wearing their hair in the Confucian style, but there were few converts. The Jesuit missionaries used a similar method to convert the Japanese. They dressed in kimonos and took the Japanese cultural to other factors, which led to several more conventions than China. 2. How were the Jesuit missionaries in making Christian converts in Japan and China? The Jesuit missionaries were impacted as much of not more than the cultures they entered. They came to identify with the culture and way of the life of their hosts, but were themselves converted to the host culture. Some of the Jesuit also came as men of god. They had abandoned their religious calling in favor of managing the trade between the West and their adopted Asian home. 3. How did the Chinese respond to Jesuit missionaries...
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...did eventually come to an end. Both the Tokugawa and the Qing did not bring radical changes to the governments. The Qing weren’t Chinese; they came from Manchuria but adopted the traditional Chinese system. The Tokugawa also adopted some ideas of Confucianism. The Qing emperors had control whereas the emperors during the Tokugawa shogunate were just figureheads with the shoguns in control. The daimyo who...
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...Human Factor and User Interface Assignment 1 For the Air Macao web site, I have described some comments which are in positive and negative ways. Positive things: 1. Strive for consistency: Using consistent font size and color in each area on the home page. Web sites use consistent layout in the same languages. 2. Cater to universal Usability: A new web site for those cities which “Air Macao” has the flight line provides their local language. For example: It provides Korean, Chinese and English. 3. Offer informative feedback: When purchasing flight tickets, this requires people to input their personal information. On the “Online Booking” page step 4, it requires users to fill-in personal information. If you entered something wrong, a dialog will be shown to tell user which item’s inputs are wrong. 4. Design dialogs to yield closure: On the “Online Booking” page, whenever users purchase tickets, it tells that there are six steps (procedures) to complete a transaction in the beginning. When you finished step one, it indicates you to the second step, step by step. 5. Prevent error: For the user’s input data, when users who want to purchase/book tickets, it provides 2-D menu calendars and drop-down lists for those cities “Air Macao” provides flight line on the “Online Booking” page. 6. Permit easy reversal of actions: When purchasing tickets on the “Online Booking” page, it provides a “Last Step” button on the bottom of the web page for users to redo...
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...great reversal of fortune: where once Asians held most of the economic cards, today it is primarily Western countries and Japan.” (p. 2) Concepts addressed/ introduced in chapter: Globalization Enlightenment Communism Nation-states French Revolution Weber-Protestant work ethic Disease Industrial Revolution “modernization” Exploration/ Encounter “Progress History” Colonialism Renaissance Capitalism Slavery Modes of Historical Inquiry Comparative units of analysis Definition of Eurocentrism State legitimacy Concept of Pentimento (p. 8) Ecological analysis Historical inquiry – multiple causality (contingent, accidents, and conjunctures) Chapter 1 Material and Trading Worlds Circa 1400 “The Chinese, for example, had a long history of contact with these kinds of people [nomads], and in fact had come to classify them into two groups the “cooked,” those...
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...Introduction: Macau is a Chinese city with one of the densely populated city in the world it is situated on the southeastern part of china to the southwestern of the “Pearl River”. The neighbor cities of Macau is Hong Kong and Guangdong, Hong Kong is located on 60km distance from Macau they were been connected by a ferry terminal ,on the other hand the city Zhuhai the only ground neighbor of Macau. The famous city Guangzhou is in the reach by 145km.Chinese and Portuguese are the official language of Macau while the widely spoken language is Cantonese. The estimated area of Macau is 32.8km2. The estimated population of Macau is 642.9. Macau economy is based on gaming and tourism industries. The gambling industry of Macau is that much developed that the annual earning of the Casinos is target ever achieve anywhere else on the planet Earth. Macau was one of the first European colony in Asia. Macau was the colony of Portugal since 1550, as it is been hand over back to china PRC on 20th December 1999,so the first look of Macau is much more European and it is very clear in the buildings and in the everyday life. Macau is establish under the special rule of the Chinese constitution known as “article 31st”in other words one country two system. Macau is also known as Macau SAR which means Macau special administration region. Macau territory is consist of Macau peninsula the Taipa Island, Cotai and Coloane. There are three bridges in Macau. Macau light bridge, Macau Friendship Bridge...
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...cathedral the best gifts. With the decline in importance of Macau, which was overtaken as the main port for the Pearl River Delta by Hong Kong, the cathedral's fortunes similarly ebbed, and it was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon in 1835. The Fortaleza do Monte overlooks the ruin. History values The sculptured motifs of the facade include biblical images, mythological representations, Chinese characters, Japanese chrysanthemums, a Portuguese ship, several nautical motifs, Chinese lions, bronze statues with images of the founding Jesuit saints of the Company of Jesus and other elements that integrate influences from Europe, China and other parts of Asia, in an overall composition that reflects a fusion of world, regional and local influences. The Ruins of St. Paul’s are one of the finest examples of Macao’s outstanding universal value. Close by, the archaeological remains of the old College of St. Paul stand witness to what was the first western-style university in the Far East, with an elaborate academic programme that included Theology, Mathematics, Geography, Chinese, Portuguese, Latin, Astronomy and various other disciplines, preparing a significant number of missionaries to pursue Roman Catholic work in China, Japan and throughout the region. The missionary route followed by the Jesuits from Macao all over the region was crucial in facilitating the dissemination of Catholicism in China, Japan and other countries, also enabling a broader interchange in other scientific...
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...make industrious workers and be an example to the ex-slaves. There were two objectives of European immigration in Jamaica. * 1. Many whites would occupy the cooler hills and mountain areas as settlers and agricultural workers. * 2. Ex-slaves would be denied access to the interior so they would be forced to labour on the lowland estates. * E.g. of towns. Seaford Town, Middlesex, Barrettville, New England, Mulgrove, etc. They would then develop into a middle class and help to stabilize the society. European labour was imported mainly by Jamaica. They were: Scots, Irish, Germans, British laburers. They started going in 1835 Madeirans came to the Caribbean due to low wages. Madera is a Portuguese colony in the Atlantic where sugar cane was cultivated. Portuguese from Azores went to Trinidad in 1834....
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...companies (p. 415) 10. mercantilism (p. 468) Quiz #2 1. caravel (p. 384) 2. conquistadors (p. 394) 3. Columbian Exchange (p. 431) 4. maritime (p. 402) 5. manumission . (p.467) 6. coerced labor systems (p.475) 7. plantation cash crop (p.470) 8. tariffs (p.469) 9. indigenous (p.393) 10. encomiendas (p. 439) 11. serfs (p.529) 12. mestizo (pp. 442 – 45) Historical Thinking Skills: Periodization, Causation, Contextualization Timeline Exercise: Annotate the timeline with two facts about the important effects of each event Unit 3: 1450–1750 (Early Modern) 1453 Ottomans captured Constantinople; end of Byzantine 1450s Gutenberg’s Printing Press; Portuguese expand trade in West Africa: Benin, Kongo 1483 Babur conquered northern India, and founded the Mughal Empire 1492 Reconquista completed; Columbus claimed Americas for Spain 1498 Vasco da Gama attacked Calicut 1517 Martin Luther posted 95 theses...
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...Portugal who promoted navigation and led voyages across the African coast. Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama were Portuguese explorers who led expeditions through the oceans. Christopher Colombus was the leader of the Spanish mission that took place overseas. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese navigator who led Spanish expeditions. Conquistadors were Spanish conquerors. Hernan Cortes was one of them and he led the Aztec Mexicans conquest for Spain. Moctezuma II was an Aztec emperor who was in custody of Cortes. Atahualpa was an...
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...Boxer Rebellion: Seeds of Revolution For many years, the Christian people have tried to spread their religion to different people as well as different parts of the world. In the late 1890s, a group of missionaries went to China in hope to gain more Christian followers. Man Chinese people had not welcomed those foreigners, but shunned what they had brought with them. Foreign influences were not accepted by the majority as, in the past, foreigners had only brought destruction and chaos. Missionaries gradually gained their Chinese followers, but, nevertheless, there was danger stirring amidst them. The I Ho Ch'uan (The Righteous and Harmonious Fists) also known as “Boxers” had started their rebellion against their foreign enemies. Many of these people were in poverty, but felt they could make a change in their country, thus studying a new form of fighting. These Boxers were fighting against foreigners and Christian Chinese to remove the foreign influence. In June 1900, missionaries and Chinese Rebels were throwing their lives on the line for what they believed...
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...From the mid sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century, the global flow of silver socially and economically affected many peoples including the British, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and even Native Americans in many positive and negative ways. Group one contains documents 2, 5, and 6, the focus of which being the negative effects of silver on generally low class people. Document 2 was written by a Spanish scholar to inform merchants of high silver prices in Asia that cause Spain to lose silver to China, resulting in trade imbalance. The scholar, Tomas de Mercado, spotlights the inflation in Spain but is disconcerned with high prices in Asia. In document 5, a Chinese writer’s article to the general public describes the changing economy. After switching from a barter system to a system that focuses on silver coin, the lower classes’ access to goods seems to be more limited. Document 6 focuses on a Spanish priest, de Espinoso, who wishes to inform the Spanish interested in the Caribbean of negative consequences in the colonies of the New World. As a priest, he’s concerned with moral issues...
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...enjoying their time drinking tea in porcelain dishes. The tea is sweetened by sugar. The background given in the picture also gives a good idea that these women belong to rich family. The wooden equipment could be interpreted as a musical instrument which can be acquired from a foreign country. While the Chinese people would feel fear in displaying things which they would get as a part of trade or gifts Europeans were quite fond of displaying artifacts which they would acquire from different countries as a result of trade or whatever means they could, be it war or raid or exploitation of people. The porcelain dishes displayed all came from china and were synonymy as china or chinaware. The sweetener which is used to sweeten tea had come from the European colonies in America. This represents that by the seventeenth century Europeans had established their networks in all part of the world. Porcelain is a ceramic which is obtained at heating ceramics at a very high temperature around 1300 degree high enough to give it a glassy appearance and in the middle is fused with cobalt blue. Europeans were quite impressed by this blue and white mixture and thought of them as classy. Chinese Porcelain was so thin that you could see the impression of your fingers from the other side in presence of light. When Porcelain first reached Europe in 1602, people were so amazed and a huge crowd of people was there to buy this newly acquired possession and display them in their houses. The prices went...
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...Malaysia's history starts generally around the establishment of the Melaka sultanate. During the 13th century, it was renowned as a major port for traders from both east and west. Following this time, events developing in China and the Roman Empire motivated Indian traders to seek a new port for their rich trade. Melaka was chosen, based mainly on its advantageous location -- it was sheltered from strong monsoon winds, thus the port was able to operate year-round. Melaka 's profitable position was envied by many and resulted in the Portuguese invasion in 1511. Later, in 1641, the Dutch defeated the Portuguese and reigned until 1815 when the British Empire took over. After World War II, there was a resurgence of Malayan nationalism leading to the Declaration of Independence for the Federation of Malaya from the British Empire on August 31, 1957. Malaysia at the time was comprised 13 states, including Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak. In 1963 two federal territories were formed. Singapore later withdrew from the Federation in 1965. COUNTRY DESCRIPTION Malaysia has 13 states: 11 in Peninsular Malaysia and two, Sabah and Sarawak, on the island of Borneo (East Malaysia). View Larger Map GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Malaysia lies at 7° North of the Equator and consists of West and East Malaysia. West Malaysia is bordered by Thailand to the north, Singapore to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Malacca to the west. East Malaysia shares its southern border...
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...The Spanish period Spanish colonial motives were not, however, strictly commercial. The Spanish at first viewed the Philippines as a stepping-stone to the riches of the East Indies (Spice Islands), but, even after the Portuguese and Dutch had foreclosed that possibility, the Spanish still maintained their presence in the archipelago. * Quick Facts * Images * Videos * Audio * quizzes * Lists 1Other government offices and ministries are located in Quezon City and other Manila suburbs.2Piso in Filipino; peso in English and Spanish. | Official name | Republika ng Pilipinas (Filipino); Republic of the Philippines (English) | Form of government | unitary republic with two legislative houses (Senate [24]; House of Representatives [291]) | Head of state and government | President: Benigno S. Aquino III | Capital | Manila1 | Official languages | Filipino; English | Official religion | none | Monetary unit | piso2 (₱) | Population | (2013 est.) 94,982,000Expand | The Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan headed the first Spanish foray to the Philippines when he made landfall on Cebu in March 1521; a short time later he met an untimely death on the nearby island of Mactan. After King Philip II (for whom the islands are named) had dispatched three further expeditions that ended in disaster, he sent out Miguel López de Legazpi, who established the first permanent Spanish settlement, in Cebu, in 1565. The Spanish city of Manila...
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